Site Last Updated Thursday 22 nd March 2007
THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE VILLAGE HALL ONTHURSDAY 19TH APRIL AT 7.00 PM
Golant Revue, This year the Golant revue replaces the pantomine. Sure to be an hilarious evening of sketches, acting and humour we recommend a visit to the village hall on either Friday 30th or Saturday 31st March. Tickets on a strictly first come first served basis from Vivienne Barr 01726 832454
A survey of fruit and fruit trees in the village is being undertaken by Stuart Young, please go to the last item on the drop down menu on the left of this page to find out more and participate in this survey . Do you know what varieties your fruit trees are ? This survey will help you discover exactly what varieties you have !
Want to aid cancer research ? , then go the drop down menu to find out more !
"Good things happen in Golant" "Taclow da a wher yn Golnans"
We often get good sunsets but just occasionally they are spectacular. This one was taken as the sun went down on Tuesday 23rd May 2006 and has not been digitally enhanced in any way.
Welcome to Golant. Please use the links in the left hand column to navigate the site. We have made some recent updates and improvements to the site that now includes times of services at St Sampson Church and the minutes of parish council meetings together with regular updates in village news of items of importance within our community and links direct to coach,train and air operator websites.You are also most welcome to leave a comment in our guestbook,and for the future plans for the village please make sure you visit the comprehensive parish plan section of this site. To contact the webmaster please e-mail webmaster@golant.net.
Golant is a small Cornish waterside village, bounded on the west by the Lostwithiel to Fowey road the B3269 and on the east by its focal point the River Fowey. Daphne du Mauriers family had a second home a mile down river from the village and in May 1907 Kenneth Graham wrote "Tales of the Riverbank" inspired by a boating trip from Fowey to Golant. "The Wind in the Willows" was published in June 1908 and it is believed that this stretch of the river Fowey inspired this extraordinary tale.
Located in the parish of St Sampson, Golant has around 110 dwellings with a population of circa 220 people. It has a 13th century Parish Church dedicated to St Sampson, a pub named the Fishermans Arms, the Cormorant Hotel, a retail art gallery, youth hostel and a small part time post office.
There is no public transport that serves the village but it is still a working village, some holiday or weekend homes, but certainly not a ghost town for eight months of the year.
The Church and the village overlook the tree clad and winding Fowey estuary less than two miles upstream from the coastal towns of Polruan and Fowey. An area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) full of scenic views all year round. The rivers east bank is owned by the National Trust. In the summer the river is a hive of boating activity and in the winter left mostly to cormorants, egrets, mallards, swans, herons and kingfishers that make the river their home.
The village as seen from the East - note the clay train in the foreground
An Aerial view from the west, December 2002
Golant Pill Summer 1998
There are regular pleasure boat and canoe trips available from the port of Fowey to the village and also to the small picturesque hamlet of Lerryn a further 2 miles up river. A single track railway line alongside the river transports daily cargoes of china clay to the waiting ships on the quays at Fowey.
The Riverside Gallery see links
The Fishermans Arms
The Youth Hostel "Penquite" Click here to make a booking
photo courtesy of Mike Freemantle
The view to the East from School Hill Summer 2002
Getting here - Click on the map page for our location and also for links to train and coach and air timetables
For details of all accomodation within the village please go to the links page and click on the relevant link.
Comments on and Contributions to this site are welcome. Please contact webmaster@golant.net
Funding for this site has been provided by St Sampson Parish Council .The views and comments contained within the site do not reflect the individual view or opinion of any individual councillor or of St Sampson's Parish Council as a whole .
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